Machine for forming hose-bands.



H. GIBBS.

MACHINE FOR FORMING HOSE BANDS.

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MACHINE FOR FORMING HOSE BANDS.

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MACHINE FOR FORMING HOS E BANDS.

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HENRY GIBBS, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, ASSIGNOR T W". D. ALLEN MANUFACTURING COMPANY, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, A CORPORATION OF ILLINOIS.

MACHINE FOR FORMING HOSE-BANDS.

Application filed October 4, 1913.

T 0 all whom it may concern Be it known that 1, Husky GIBBS, a citizen of the United States. residing at Chicaao, in the county of Cook and State of Illinois, have invented certain new and useful Impro ements in Machines for F orming HoseBands, of which I do declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification.

Figure 1 is a view in front elevation of a machine embodying my invention. Fig. 1 is a view in horizontal section on the line 1-1 of Fig. 1. Fig. 2 is an end View. Fig. 3 is a View in vertical section on line 3-3 of Fig. 1. Fig. i is a view in horizontal section on the line 4% of Fig. 1. Fig. l is a view in front elevation of the feed mechanism shown at the left-hand side of Fig. 4-. Fig. 5 is a view in vertical section on line 55 of Fig. l. Fig- 5 is a detail view in vertical section on line 5 -5 of Fig. 5. Fig. 6 is a view in vertical section on line 6-43 of Fig. l. Fig. 7 is a View in vertical section on line 77 of Fig. l. Fig. 7 is a. detail view partly in section on line 7 -7 of Fig. at, parts being shown in elevation. Fig. 8 is an inverted plan view of the female dies at the end of the plunger on line 8-8 of Fig. 7. Fig. 9 is a detail View of the stripper plate. Fig. 10 is a plan view of the lower die mechanism and associated parts, certain parts beine' shown in section. Fig. 11 is a detailed plan view showing the first of the female dies. Fig. 12 is a view in vertical section on the line 1212 of Fig. 11, this section showing also the male dies. Fig. 13 is a detail'plan view showing thesecond female die. Fig. i l is a view in vertical section on line 1i1 l of Fig. 13, the corresponding male dies being also shown. Fig. 15 is a detail plan View of the third female die. section on line 16 16 of Fig. 15, the correspondirg male dies being shown. Fig. 17 is a detail plan view of the finishing die. Fig. 18 is a view in vertical section on the line ISL-18 of Fig. 17. parts cooperating wi h the finishing die being also shown.

The machine constituting my present inventi n is primarilv desinrecl for he forming of sheet metal hose bands, such as are used for attaching sections of rubber hose $peeification of Letters Patent.

Fin. 16 is a view in vertical Patented Mar. 14 1916.

Serial No. 793,284.

to nozzles 01- couplings; but features of my invention will be found applicable in the formation of similar articles.

The object of the invention is to provide a machine in which hose bands may be formed from a long strip of metal that will be fed into the machine and will be cut into lengths that will be punched and shaped by a series of dies to produce a finished band.

The invention consists in the various novel combinations of mechanism hereinafter (16". scribed, illustrated in the accoi'npanying drawings and particularly pointed out in the claims at the end of this specification.

The frame of my machine, which may be of any usual or suitable construction, is shown as comprising a lower or bed portion 20 on which is secured a stepped casting 20 and from which rises standards 21 connected at their tops as at 21. In the upper portion of the standards 21 is journaled the main shaft 22 that will be driven in the usual manner from a suitable source of power. Within the side portions 23 of the standard 21 and between the vertical guides is mounted a vertically sliding plunger 25, the upper portion of which is of emi-cylindrical outline (see Fig. 1). This plunger 25 is connected by a threaded stem 26 having a ball and socket joint at its lower end with the threaded extension 27 of a yoke 28 that engaees a crank portion of the main shaft 22, the yoke 28 being formed of sections united together by the screwbolts 29. lhe features above described are common in metal presses and form no part of the pres ent invention. I

On one end of the main shaft is mounted a pair of disks or plates 30 and 31 preferably cnnected-tcgether bv a hub 82 that is keyed to the shaft 22. The plate 30 is designed to im art mction tothe mechanism for feeding the metal strip from wh ch the hose bandswill be formed. and the outer face of this plate 30 is provided with a guide 84 preferably belted thereto, as at 35. In this guide 3i, which is shown as of time tailed. shape, is mcunted a sliding bl ck 36 that is adjustable lengthwise of the guide, preferably by means of a screw 37 passing through a threaded cpening in the block 36 and through an end plate 38 secured to the guide 3:, the outer pcrtion of the sc ew 37 being furnished with suitable adjustable and lock nuts 39 as shown, (see Figs. 1 and 2). Fr m the block 36 projects outwardly a wrist pin 10 on which is pivctally mounted an arm 11 that is connected by a suitable universal joint 42 to the upper end of a rod 43, and the lower end of this rod 13 is connected by a universal joint to a block 15 that is formed with a threaded opening to engage the threaded pcrtion of a red 46. The inner end of this rod 46 is fastenedto a cellar 17 that is secured. as by a set screw 48, to a shaft 19 journaled, as at (see Figs. 1 and 2) in the depending walls 51 and of a feed table or extension 53 that is suitably connected to the bed 20 of the main frame. Upon the shaft 49 is fixed a pinion 55 that engages a rack bar 56 that depends from the under side of a feed plate 57, whereby will be supported, feeding pawls for advancing the strip fr m which the hose bands are to be formed. The upper wall of thefeed table 58 will be slctted where the rack bar 56 passes therethrough and the feed plate 57 will preferably be connected to .the feed table 53 by flanged edges 58, as clearly shown in Fig. 2 of the drawings. Thefeed table 57 is preferably formed witha slot 58 running from end to end thereof, and the divided porti ns of the feed plate are connected by set screws 59 (see Fig. 3) which enable the tension of the flanges 58, with-re spect to the feed table 53, to be adjusted. FWD] the feed plate 57 rises a wall (30 from which project the screw bolts 61 on which are pivotally mounted the pawl carriers 62.

By reference more particularly to Fig. 1,

it will be seen that each of the bolts (31 has a reduced inner pcrtion that sets within an opening in the wall (30 and is held in positi n therein by means of a screw 63 that is threaded into said wall and engages the reduced end portion of the screw 61. Upon each of the screw bolts or studs 61 is placed a coiled spring 61, one end of each of these coiled springs or being connected to the correspcndlng pawl carrier (52, while the opposite end of the spring is connected to the wall (30,"so that the coiled springs serve to hold the pawl carriers 62 in a vertical position. as shown in Fig. 4 of the drawings. llach of the pawl carriers 62 has a vertical opening fl rmed therethrough to receive the stem of a feed pawl (35, and the lower portions of the pawl carriers 62 are split and provided with flanges through which pass chimp screws 66 that serve to retain the pawls in the pawl carriers. In the top of each pawl carrier is formed a threaded lirle through which passes an adjusting screw (38, the lower end of which will bear against the upper end of the correspcnding pawl 65 and by means of the screw '68, the vertical prsition of the pawls can be adjusted. The pawl carriers 62 are connected together by a link 70, to secure their unison movement, this link being connected by suitable pins or bolts to each of the pawl carriers, as indicated by dotted lines in Fig. 4 of the drawings. The rear end of the link 70 is in position to be engaged by a cam 71, the stem 72 of which passes through the wall 60, and to this cam is connected a handle 69 whereby the cam 71 may be shifted. A stub 73 projects from the wall 60 and limits thedownward movement of the handle 72. The pawls (35 and the pawl carriers 62 will normally stand in the position shown in Fig. 1 in the drawings and will rest upon the upper surface of the metal strip R from which the hose coupling blanks are to be formed, but when it is desired to release the pawls (S5 in order to withdraw the strip R from engagement therewith, the handle 72 may be turned upward and the cam 71 will then force forward the link 70 and cause the pawl carriers 62 and pawl 65 r to be lifted away from thestrip R.

1 At the left hand side of the main frame 20 (see Figs. 1, 4 and 5) is mounted a block 75 having a guide plate 75 and from the vertical member of block 75 projects a screw bolt or stud 76 on which is pivotally mounted a dogging pawl carrier 77, the construction of which is similar to the pawl carriers 62 hereinbefore described. This doga ging pawl carrier 77 is held normally in'vertical position by means of a coiled spring 78, one end of which is fastened to the vertical member of the block or plate 75, while the other end of this spring is connected to the doggingv pawl carrier 77. The dog or pawl '79 within the carrier '77 is held in place by a clamping screw 80 (see Figs. 1 and 4. and is vertically adjustable by means of a set screw 81 that passes through a threaded hole in the top of the dogging pawl carrier 77. The purpose of the dog or pawl '79 is to prevent the backward movement of the metal strip B when the feeding carriage that sustains the feeding pawls 65 is moved backward to reengage the strip R before again advancing said strip.

The metal strip R will pass from a reel or coil (not shown) in the direction of the arrow Fig. lover the feed plate 57, and the. guide 57 thereon beneath the pawls 65 and over the guide '7 5 in theblock or plate '75 beneath the dogging pawl 79, and thence into the machine. v

From the construction of parts as thus far defined, the operation of the mechanismwill be seen to be as follows: When revolution is imparted to the shaft 29., a reciprocating motion will be transmitted therefrom to the rod at? and themovement of this rod 43 will impart a rocking motion to the arm 46 which, in turn, will rotate the pinion 55 and. impart a reciprocating movement to the rack bar 56 and the feed plate 57 and pawls 65 carried thereby. As the feed plates 57 with the pawls 65 are thus moved forward, the pawls will engage the strip 49 and advance the strip F. into the machine and beneath the dogging pawl 79, but as the feed plate 57 and feed pawls G are moved backward, the dogging pawl 79 will hold the strip R and prevent its backward movement.

The top of the stepped casting of the machine is formed with raised ribs (see Figs. 1, 1, 5 and 10) between which will be held the various female dies that will be used in forming the hose band, these several dies being preferably held together against a stop block 93 secured to the stepped casting 20 by means of bolts 95, as shown in Figs. 4, 5, 7 and 10, and being held in position with respect to the ribs 90 by means of the screws 96 shown by full lines in Fig. 1, and by dotted lines in Fig. 1, and other views of the drawings. \Vhen my improved apparatus is used in forming hose bands, the first operation will be that of severing from a continuous strip, a short strip or blank of proper length to form a band and at the time this short strip or blank is thus severed, an initial punching of the strip will be effected. This first operation of severing the short strip or blank and punching out parts thereof will'be effected by the male and female dies. The dies for this first operation are illustrated in detail in Figs. 11 and 1 of the drawings. The female die 100 by which the severing of the short strip or blank from the continuous strip is effected, is located in line with the path of travel of the strip R (see Fig. 10), and on a line with or slightly below the level of the feed plate 57. As shown, the female die 100 is provided adjacent one end with a die opening 101, somewhat broader than the metal strip R, and preferably with oppositely curved edges 102, and adjacent this die opening 101 and centrally with respect thereto, is a small die opening 103. As shown, also, the die 100 is formed with an oblong die opening 104 and adjacent thereto is formed another oblong die opening 105, while near the opposite end of the die 100 is formed a small die opening 106. From the upper surface of'the die 100 rise the guide pins 107 and 108 which guide the strip R- and the stop pin 109 that limits the lon itudinal movement of the strip (see Figs. 11 and 12).

Abo e the die 100 and suitably secured to the head 25 of the plunger 25 is mounted a set of male dies that cooperate with the female die 100. By reference more particularly to Fig. 12 of the drawings it will be seen that this set of male d es comprises the d es or punches 110, 111, 112, 118 and 114-, that cooperate respectively with the die opening 101, 103, 104, and 106 of the female die 100. The die or punch 110 and the die opening 101 serves to se*er the short strip or blank'R (see'Fig; 12) from, the

continuous strip R, the die 111 and die open ing 103 and the die 111 and die opening 106 serves to punch holes adjacent the ends of this short strip or blank ll, and the die or punch 118 and the die opening 105 enable an oblong hole to be formed in the short strip or blank R. The lower end of the male die or punch 112 is beveled, as shown in Fig. 12, so that while the right hand portion of this punch or male die 112 shall c it the short strip or blank R, the left hand or vanishing portion of this male die or punch 112 will not sever the strip, but will leave the partially severed portion r to form a tongue integral. with and attached at one end to the body of the short strip or blank R.

The several male dies or punches above described, pass through a stripper plate 120 (see Figs. 1, 7 9 and 12), and through this same stripper plate pass all the male dies, as will presently more fully appear. The male dies or punches 110 and 111 pass through the opening 121 of the stripper plate (see Fig. 9), the dies or punches 112 and 113 pass through the long opening 122 of the stripper plate and the die or punch 11a passes through the opening 123 of the stripper plate. This stripper plate 120 is held at a distance above the upper surface of the male dies by means of spacing blocks 12% that are formed with openings to receive the screws 1241 at the corners of the stripper plate (see Fig. 9). Preferably within the space 101- of the die plate 100 (see Figs. 5, 5, 11 and 12) there is placed a plunger 120 that has a shoulder 128 and is forced normally upward by a coiled spring 127. The lower end of the coiled spring 127 is held within the block 127 beneath the table 20, this block being adjustable by means of the screw 12?", a giide pin 127 passing through a hole in the block (see Fig. 5 The upper face of this plunger 126 corresponds in shape to the lower end of the die or punch 112 and when the die'or punch 112 is depressed and forces downward the tongue 1' of the short strip or blank Rthe plunger 126 will yield. but as the die or punch 112 recedes, the plunger 126 will be forced upward by the spring 127 and will move the tongue 1 of the short strip or blank R nearer the opening in the blank from which this tongue 7 has been cut. The purpose of this plunger is to permit the tongue r to be formed and partially bent upward, so that the short strip or blank F. may be moved laterally, as willv presently more fully appear.

Adjacent the female die 100 bv which the.

operation of severing a blank it from the metal strip R and the prelim nary punching of the blank R are effected. is placed the second female die 130 (see Figs. 10, 13 and 1 1) by which the second operation upon the mechanism to be hereinafter strip is effected, after the short strip or blank R has been advanced laterally by described. This female die 130 is shown as formed with openings 131 and 132 adjacent its ends to receive the guide rods 133 and 131- that project from the corresponding male die, these guide rods serving to accurately hold the short strip or blank R in position, while it is being operated upon by the second set of dies. in the upper surface of the female die there are formed the cavities 135, 136, 137, the hole 138 and the cavity 139. The female die for the second operation upon the short strip or blank R is shown as comprising a set of dies or punches 11-0 and 1-11. The lower end of the die or punch 1&0 has projections 1 15 and 1:16 adapted to enter the cavities 135 and 136. The lower end of the punch 141 is preferably pointed, as at 1+2, to enter the hole 138 of the female die 130 and this punchlll is formed with a projection'1l3 (see Figs. 8 and 1f) adapted to enter the cavity 139 of the female die 130. After the short strip or blank R has been moved (as will presently appear) to the position above the female die 130, shownby' dotted lines in Fig. 13, and the male die with its punches 110 and 141 is forced downward, the projections at the lower end of the punch lslO and the shoulder 1 13 of the punch 111 will cooperate with thefemale die in giving to the short strip or blank R the shape shown inFig. ll of the drawings, and the cut-away space 137 of the die 130 enables the tongue 7 of the short strip or blank R to be moved laterally to and from a position above the female die 130. The male punches or dies 140 anc 1 :1 pass through the openings 14:0 and 1-'l-1 of the stripper plate (see Fig. 9), while the guide rod 131 passes through the opening 131 of said stripper plate.

After the short strip or blank R has been given the shape shown in Fig. 1 1, it will be moved laterally, by mechanism to be presently described, to the position shown by dotted lines in Fig. 15, above a female die 150 that is secured next to the female die 130 (see Figs. 10,15 and 16 of the drawings). This female die 150 is formed with the openings 151 and 152, and in the upper portion of the female die 150 are formed the cavities 153 and 15 1-. The opening 151 has one of its side walls downwardly inclined towardthe opposite wall, for a purpose to be presently stated. The male die above the female die 150 is shown as comprising a member 156 having a curved portion 157 and as comprising also a guide rod 158 adapted to enterthe hole 152 in the female die150, and at the right hand side of this guide rod 158 is a member 159. vBetween the member 156 and the guide rod or plunger 158 is a movable male die member 160 that is pivoted upon a shaft 161 that has its ends mounted in the head of the plunger whereby the male dies are carried. 'lhis plunger is chambered, as shown in Fig. 16, to receive the upper end portion of the piv oted member 160 from which projects an H Fig. 6 of the drawings, but to yield in order 7 to permit the pivoted member 160 to move to the position shown in Fig. 16. The lower end of the pivoted member 160 has a pointed portion 167 adapted to contact with the in clined wall 155 of'the female die 150, and has also a laterally projecting portion 168 adapted to engage with the tongue r of the short strip or blank R and bend this tongue 1" to the shape shown in Fig. 16 of the drawings. The members 156 and 159 of the male die are connected and preferably formed integral with the side portions 169, the lower portions of which are formed with the curved die faces 170 and 171 that coiiperate respectively with the cavities 153 and 151 at the sides of the openings 151 and 152 of the female die. The pivoted member 160 and associated parts move through the corresponding openings formed in the stripper plate 120 (see Fig. 9) and when the pivot member 160 and associated parts are in the elevated or retracted position, the pivoted member will occupy the position shown in Fig. 6 of the drawings. \Vhile the pivoted member 160 is in the retracted position shown in Fig. 6, the short strip or-blank R to which has already been given the shape illustrated in Fig. 14 of the drawings, will. be moved above the female die 150; then the pivoted member and associated parts will be forced downward. In the downward movements of these parts, the pointed end of the guide'rod or plunger 158 will first enter the slot beneath it in the short strip or blank R and the pointed end 167 of the movable member 160 will enter the adjacent oblong slot in the short strip or blank R. As the plunger descends. the end 167 of the movable member 160 will contact with the inclined wall 155 of the female die and descend. the curved projections and 171 will compress'the short strip or blank R into the correspondingly curved recesses 153 and of the female die 150, thus giving to the blank R, the shape shown in Fig. 16.

After the plunger carrying the'movable member and ether parts of the male die has been retracted, the short strip or blank R will be moved transversely by mechanism to be presently described) over the final female die by which, together with the companion male die, the finished shape will be given to the blank R to form the finished hose band. This final female die is best illustrated in detail in Figs; 8, 10, 17 and 18 of the drawings. It comprises raised ribs 181 and 182 between which is located a. central circular cavity .183, the ribs 181 and 182 serving to temporarily support the ends of the short strip or blank I! when it is fed to a position above the die 180. At the bottom of the die cavity 183 is formed an opening through which projects a plunger 185 having an upper end curved in conformity to the curvature of the cavity 188 and this plunger 185 rests upon a coiledspring 186 within a chamber 188 found in the casting 186 held by pins exactly beneath the die 180 (see Fig. 18). The purpose of this plunger 185 is to lift the finished hose band from the cavity 183 of the die, so that the band may be easily ejected from the machine. The male member cofpcrating with the female die 180 consists of a die 190 (see Figs. 7, 8 and 18) that projects from the lower side of a plate 192 fastened in the plunger head 25. The upper surface of this male die 190 is inclined, as shown, to permit the finished h se band to be easily removed therefrom.

When the short strip or blanlnafter ha ing been formed to the shape shown in Fig. 16 of the drawings. has been moved o er the female die 180 and abo e the plunger 185, the male die190 will descend and be ring upon the center of the short strip or blank R, will cot'perate with the female die180 in causing the end portions of this blank or strip to turn upward'and inward until they occup the position shown in F ig. 18 0f the drawings, to form the finished hose band. After the hose band has thus been finished, and the plunger head 25 is re-' tracted. the plunger185 (seeFig. 18) will cause the finished hose band to follow upward the male die 190, after which the finished hose band will be eiected by the mechanism next to be described. Against the outer face of the-wall 192 from which the male die 190 proiects (see Figs. 7 and 18) is mounted an ejector plate 194, the upper end of which is bent outwardly and is secured to a rod 195 that is" pivoted in bearing pins 196 depending from the under side of the plunger head. as shown. One end of this shaft 195 is encircled by a coiled spring 197, the tension of which serves tohold the ejector plate 194 in the normal position shown in Figs. 7 and 18 of the drawings. To the end of the shaft 195 is connected the rear projected tripper arm 198 (see Figs. 7 and 7) adapted to be caught by a trigger 199 that is pivoted, as at 200 (see Fig. 18) to the stripper plate 120. To this trigger 199 is connected a sprin 201, the opposite end of which is attached to the stripper plate 120 and this spring serves to hold the trigger 199 in the normal position shown in Fig. 7 of the drawings. As the male plunger 190 reaches the limit of its downward movement, the end of the trigger 199 will engage the free end of the tripper arm 198, the trigger 199 yielding slightly to permit this engagement and, as the male die 190 is retracted, the hooked end of the trigger 199 will, because of this engagement with the trippcr arm 198, cause the ejector plate 194 to swing in the direction of the arrow, Fig. 7 and eject a finished hose band from the male die 190.

By reference to Fig. 10 of the drawings, it will be seen that the metal strip R from which the hose bands are to be formed. is fed into the machine in the direction of the arrow there shown. The feedPng of this metal strip R is effected intermittently and as a short strip or blank is cut off from its end of proper size to form a hose band, such short strip or blank will be fed successively over the several male and female dies herein efore described bv the following mechanism: The bed plate 20 is provided not only with the r bs 90 between which the female dies will be held. but is provided also at its right and left hand sides with the upstand ng ribs 210 and 211, (see Figs; 1, 5 and 6). At the front and back f the machine. the r'bs 210 and 211 are higher than the adjacent central port oa of the machine and between the raised front and back por ions of the r bs 210 I and 211 extend the plates 212 and 213 that a e bolted to the ra sed end portions of the ribs. as at 215 (see Fig. 2). O er the chamber fcrmcd at the right hand side of the ted plate of the machine by the ribs 90,

the rib 210 and the plate 212, and s m larly o er the chamber formed at the left hand s de of the machine bv the corresponding rib 90, the rib 211 and the plate 213 extend the co ers 216 and 217 that are connected. as b bolts 218 to the rai ed front and back portions of the ribs 210 and 211 and to raised portions of the bed plate 20 formed integral with the end po tions of the ribs 90. as shown in Fig. 10. Each of the co e s 216 and 217 is pro ided with a deoend'ng' port on 219 at its front (see Fig. 1) wh ch sets between the raised po tions f the r bs 90 and 210 and 90 and 211. Within the chambers formed at the top of the ed pla e 20 are mounted the transversely 'movable i 221sliding betweenthe ribs 90 and 211 at theleft hand'side of the machine (see. Fig.v

6i. The carriages 220 and 221 are the same in construction and each is provided with two P2115661 ribs 222 and 223 (see Figs. 7

and .10) and each of the carriages 220 and from a rock shaft 231 (see Fig. 5).

is provided with rearwardlv extending arms 22% and 225 (see Fig. 10) that are connected toge her at their rear ends by, a raised casting 226 through which is formed a vert cal opening 227 (see Fig. 7). In the openings 227 of each of the carriages 220 and 221 extends a rocking arm 230 (see Figs. 7 and 10l that is fixed to and depends This rock shaft 231 is journaled in bearings 232 that rise from he top of the covers 216 and 217 (see Fig. 5i, these covers being provided with the raised flanges 216 and 217"" that ex end from front to rear of the coe s see Fig. 4). From this construction it will be seen that when osc llat on is impa ted to the rock shaft 231 (bv mechanism to be presentlv described), a corres onding rocking mo ement will he im a ted to the arms 230 and a transverse slid ng mo ement will be gi en bv said arms 230 to the carriages 220 and 221. To the left hand end of the rock shaft 231 isfiXed a crank arm 235 (see Figs. 1,2 and 3) and to this c ank arm 235 is pivotallv-connected,

' as at a rod 237.- Ihe upper end of this rrd 237 is referably formed w th a threaded end that enters a threaded open ng founed incthe de end ng portion of a yoke 238. the arms of which voke straddle the main shaft as clearly shown in Figs. 1 and 3 of the drawings. From the oke 238 r iects a in or stud 240 (see Figs. 1 and 3) that is held in positi n u on the voke b a set screw 211 upon which is he d the ro le 240 guided in the camav 242 fo"med n the face of the cam disk :31 mounted upon the drive shaft 22. Hence, it will be seen that as the d" e shaft 22 is rotated. the roller 240 will be shifted bv the cam-way 242 and a reciprocatinq motion will be impar ed to the rod 237 that w ll cause the rsc lation of a rock shaft 231 and. through the med m of the rock arms 230 (see Fig. 7) will cause a 7' transerse reciprocatin mo ement of the slid ng carriages 220 and 221. (see Fig. til. Lockn ts at the ends of the rod 237 enable the adiustment of this rod with respect to the arts to which it is connected to be read lv ed'ected.

Upon the carriage 220 is mounted a supplemental carriage 250 adapted to slide between the guide ribs 222 and 223 to and from the center of the table 220 and-similarly upon the carriage 221 is mounted. a

carriages, is a bed plate 256 that extends over the corresponding raised rib ofthe bed-plate, .(see Fig. 6). To the plate 256 of the supplemental carriage 250 is attached an inwardly projecting plate 258 and to the plate 256 or the supplemental carriage 251 is similarly connected an inwardly projecting plate 259. These plates 25S'and 259 are formed with sockets to receive the grip 'pers'whereby the severed blanks will be held as they are carried from aboveone female die to above the next succeeding female die. As shown, each of the plates 25S and 259 is provided with three of such grippers (see Figs. 4 and 10) that consist of plungers 260 hav ng grooves or seats in their outer ends to engage the ends of the blanks, and the stem 261 of each of the plungers 260 is encircled bv a coiled spring 262 that serves to force the plunger 260 inward. The plungers 260 are retained in position 1y a plate 265 that extends o er them and s attached to the plate 256 of the corresponding supplemental carriage. and this plate 265 has a downwardlv turned flange 266 that enters a notch 267 in the head of each of the plungers 260 (see Fig. 10) and limits the movement of the plungers, The 'plungers sustained bv the supplemental carriage 250 are arranged opposite the corresponding'plungers supported bv'the supplemental carriage 251. asclearly shown in Fig. 10 of'the drawings.

From the foregoing desc iption it will he I shifter arms 254 and 255 will contact with the rollers 252 of the supplemental. carriages 250and 251 and will mo e these carriages outwardh so as to WItlIClYElW the -grippers 260 from engagement with the blanks or strips and in readinessto engage the ends, of other blanks or strips. As soon as the supplemental carria es 250 and 251 are thus shifted, the rotatonof the shaft 222 and the rotation of the cam plate 31 on the shaft 22 (see Figs. 1 and 3) will cause the turning of the rock siaft 231 and will thereby ause the rock arms 230 tomove the transversely. sliding carriages 220 and 221 from the positions shown by full lines to the positions shown by dotted lines in Fig. 10 of the drawings. After the feeding operation, and as the plunger head carrying the male dies returns to ard the ole rated position shown in Fig. 6 of the drawings, the shoulders 25%" and 255 of the shifter arms 25% and 255 will, as they rise, contact with the rollers 253 of the supplemental carriages 250 and 251. and will shift these supplemental carriages to the positions shown by full lines in Figs. 6 and 10 of the drawings. The result of this inward shift of the supplemental carriages 250 and 251 will be to cause the plungers 260 to move inward to the positions shown in Figs. 6 and 10, and to engage the ends of the short strips or blanks it. The plungers 260 and the plates carrying them move in a plane slightly above the plane of travel of the metal strip it (see Figs. 5 and 10) and when a short strip or blank is severed from the main strip Ritwill be lifted above the plane of the main strip R to a horizontal plane opposite the seats or notches in the ends of the plungers 260, so that, as these plungers are moved inward, in manner just descri ed. they will engage the ends of the severed strip. As the plunger head carrying the male dies completes its upward movement. a reverse rocking movement of the shaft 231 will beeflected by the cam plate 31 on the main shaft 22, thereby causing the rocking arms 230 to move the transvers ly sliding carriages 220 and 221 toward the front of the machine. This mo ement of the sliding carriages 220' and 221 toward the front of the machine will brin the short strip or blank R that was operated upon bv the first set of dies in position to be operated upcn by the second set of dies, and in like manner. this mo ement of the sliding carriages will successively advance the short strips or blanks transversely of the machine and across the series of dies. As each blank is bent to form a finished hose band shown in Fig. 18 of the drawings, it will be eiected from the machine into a suitable receptacle by the mechanism hereinl' oe de cribed.

While I have described what I regard as the preferred embodiment of my invention, I wish it dis inctly understo d that the de tails of c nstructicn above set out may be varied within wide limits w'thout departing from the sc pe cf the inventi n and that features if the invention ma be employed Without its adoption as an entirety.

Having thus described my invention, what 1 claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

i. an apparatrs (if the character described comprising a combination of feeding meclr anism for advancing a metal strip, means fr r severing said str p into blanks a plurality of forming dies for shaping said blanks and means for advancing the blanks widthwise frnn one to. another of said dies.

2. An apparatus of the character clescribed, comprising a coinblnation of feeding mechanism for advancing a metal strip lengtlnvise. means for severing said strip into blanks a plurality of male and female dies arranged to operate sinniltanecusly upon several blanks, said dies serving to cut and bend a tongue from each of said blanks and to impart to sa d blanks a circular form and means for shifting the blank widthwise from one to another of said dies.

3. An apparatus of the character described, comprising a combination of feeding mechanism for advancing a metal strip lengthwise, means for severing said strip into blanks, a plurality of dies arranged hcrizontally and side by side at one side of the path of travel of the strip, and means for successively advancii'ig the blanks transversely to the path of travel of the strip and widthw'se in horizontal direction over the several dies.

In apparatus of the character .described the crmbinatien of suitable dies, means for feeding a metal strip to said dies, a reeiprtcating feed plate provided w.th a pawl for eng ging the strip, a rack connected to said feed plate, a pinion engaging said rack and means for alternately imparting partial back and forth revolutions to said pinion.

5. In apparatus of the character described the ern'ibiuation with suitable dies of means for feeding a metal strip to said dies, comprising a reciprocating feed plate provided with a plurality of spring actuated pawls for engaging said strip. connections between said pawls. means fer alternatelv reciprocating said feed plate in opposite directions and means for manually throwing said spring actuated pawls out of engagement with said strip.

6. In apparatus of the character described, the combination with suitable dies. of means for feeding a metal strip to said dies, comprising a reciprrcatiag feed plate. pivoted depend ng pawl carriers on said feed plate, sprinrs connected to said pawl carriers and pawls adjustable in said pawl carriers for engaging said strip.

7. In apparatus of the character described, the crinbioati-n with suitable d'es of a pawl carrying feed plate for feeding a metal strip to said dies, means for alternately advancing and. retracting said feed plate a distance corresponding to the length of the blank to be severed from the'strlp' and an independent pivoted dogging pawl arranged to engage said metal strip and.

held against backward movement as the feed plate is retracted.

8. In apparatus of the character described, the combination witha plurality of sets of dies arranged for simultaneously operating upon separate blanks, of means for feed ng blanks from one set of dies to another set, comprising gripping devices for engaging the blanks, supporting means frr said gripping devices and means for reciprocating said gripping devices back and forth to successively deliver the blanks to said dies.

9.In. apparatus of the character described, the combination with a plurality of sets of dies, ofmeans for feeding blanks frrm one set of d'es to another set comprising reciprocating pairs of plungers, the plungers of each pair engaging the opposite ends of a blank, means for shifting said plungers into and out of engagement with said blanks and carriage mechanism for shifting said plungers back and forth with respect to said dies.

10. In apparatus of the character described, the combination with a plurality of sets of d'es, of means forfeeding blanks from one set of dies to another set, comprising reciprocating plunger-s arranged at opposite sides of said dies to engage the blanks, means for moving said I plungers back and forth to grip and release the blanks and carriage mechanism for shifting said plunge'rs transversely with respect to said dies. 7

11. In apparatus of the character d8? scribed, the combination with a plurality of sets of dies arranged side by side, of means for feeding blanks from one set of dies to anrther set, comprising a plurality of plungers arranged at the ends of said dies, a supplemental carriage at the ends of said dies for supporting the plungels, a reciprocating carriage at each end'of the dies whereon the corresponding supplemental carriage is mounted and means for reciprocating said carriages and supplemental carriages at right angles to each other.

12. In apparatus of the character described, the combination of a plurality of sets of dies arranged side by side, of means for feeding blanks fronicne set of dies to another set comprising gripping devices arranged at opposite ends of'the dies, means for supporting and shifting. said gripping devices'back and forth with respect to the dies, and means for shifting said gripping devices to alternately'grip and release the ends of the blanks.

13. In apparatus of the character described, the combination of a plurality of sets of dies arranged side by side, of means for feeding blanks from one set of dies to scribed, the combination with a female die having an inclined wall, of a male die havmg a laterally movable member operated by said Wall for bending an upturned part of a blank between said dies.

16. In an apparatus of the character described, the combinaticn with a female die, of amale die having a laterally movable member for bending an upturned part of a blank between said dies. means on said female die for moving" said member laterally, and spring mechanism for restoring said movable member to normal position.

17. In an apparatus of the character described, the combinatiton of a set of male and femaledies adapted to punch a metal blank and form an integral tongue thereon, and a second set of male and female dies for de )ressin a Jart of said ton ue below.

the plane of the body of the blank and upturning the free end portion of said tongue approximately at right an les to a position above the face of said blank. H

18. An apparatus of the character described comprising dies for punching ablank to form openings therein and tongue integral with the body of the blank. dies for uphending said integral tongue, dies for imparting cir- V cular bends to said blank and for curving said tongue and dies for engaging the central portion of said blank to form the same into a ring.

19. An apparatus of the character described comprising a female die having a curved depression therein, and a male die comprising a laterally projecting member 7 to engage said die in order to form a previously shaped blank into a complete band,

said member having a free end to permit the band to pass therefrom.- I

20. An apparatus of the character described comprising a female die having a curved depression therein, a male die comprising alaterally projecting member to engage said die in order to form a previously shaped blank into a complete band, said member having a free end to permit the band to pass therefrom, and a spring-actuated plunger in the bottom of said female die.

21. An apparatus of the character described comprising a female die having a curved depression therein, a male die having a curved depression therein, a male die comprising a laterally projecting member to engage said die in order to form a previously shaped blank into a complete band, said member having a free end to permit the band to pass therefrom, an ejector for discharging the finished band from said member and means for actuating said ejector.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the band to pass therefrom an ejector straddling said member, and means for actuating said,

ejector to discharge the finished band from said member.

HENRY GIBBS. Witnesses:

GEO. P. FISHER, J. G. ANDERSON.

Commissioner of Patents,

Washington, D. G." 

